Antibiotic. Member of the elfermycin group. Antibacterial. Protein biosynthesis inhibitor. Specifically interacts with the bacterial elongation factor EF-Tu and prevents the release of EF-Tu from the bacterial ribosome after GTP hydrolysis, in the absence of ribosomes it induces EF-Tu-dependent hydrolysis of GTP....

Kirromycin is an antibiotic originally isolated from Streptomyces and an inhibitor of protein biosynthesis. It inhibits isoleucine incorporation, polyphenylalanine synthesis, and growth of B. brevis. Kirromycin inhibits elongation factor Tu-dependent peptidyl transfer activity in E. coli.Formal Name:...